University of Wisconsin Superior - Gitche Gumee Yearbook (Superior, WI)

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SENIORS

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SENIOR OFFICERS I'rculrient .......... ................... .........—.......... Ownl llnll Vice-President......----------------------------------------- Jeanette Knner Treasurer..................................................... Kenuetli Priest CLASS Ruth Alice Zllcznlck l.ois Gicldinsrs Oscar Hall Ray Crawford Edmund Willis COM MITTKKS. RING and PIN Ocorge Gustafson Colcttn McKinnon Catherine Weir . CLASS PAY Delores MeCleary Florence Fox Anne McDermott Gertrude Carson Bhelnholt Wallace ONelll Now again is this Alma Mater, so dear to us sending forth a large class of young men and women, each one of whom has finished the course which is to give him or her the start in living that even fuller life as an active and influential member of the nation’s guides in the immediate future. We, the members of that class, leave this school with mixed feelings of regret and rejoicing. We have enjoyed the time spent here and it is certain that we shall miss the many valuable assets gained while attending S. N. S.—the associations with our classmates and with members of the faculty; the opportunities that we have had, to hear and to become acquainted with some of America’s celebrities and people prominent in the realm of education; the various entertainments which we have been able to give and those which have been given us; and one more thing we dare to add—our studies. Think a minute before you say that that is inconsistent. We came here to learn and we have learned—or we would not be leaving, nor will it be long before we shall all recognize clearly the value of the many hours we have spent in studying. Do you doubt that there will be a time when we’ll wish that we were back at school again? Our elders know whereof they speak when they tell us that our school days are our best days. Never-thc-less we are glad that the time has come when we are ready to start out on our own responsibility and when we can mold our lives more or less as we desire. It will also be a new and interesting experience to feel ourselves a force in the lives of so many people with whom we shall soon be in contact. Some of us are about to teach, but surely there are others of us who will return to S. N. S. next year to work for a degree. By this time we feel sure that the Wisconsin Normals will be allowed to grant degrees, and this is a most desirable thing. Undoubtedly it will attract many conscientious aspirants of the teaching profession; for where could a more adequate preparation be obtained in the same amount of time as in a teachers’ college, where education is stressed and all factors of the school life aim at the highest development of the individual as a future teacher? Certainly our Normal School ranks very high, and with the acquisition of this new power to grant a degree it will be one of the greatest institutions in the Northwest. With this thought in mind we, the Seniors, bid a fond adieu to our Alma Mater, hoping that we shall be worthy members of its alumni, and that being so, we shall be able to return to Superior Normal School some day—perhaps as visitors, perhaps as students. —21— —By LOIS GIDDINGS.